It is unlawful to:

1. (1) Use electronic calls to take wildlife except bobcats, foxes, raccoons, coyotes and crows.
2. (2) Use snares to take wildlife or furbearers except beavers may be taken with snares completely or partially submerged in water in a waterway or watercourse, marsh, pond or dam.
3. (3) Use body gripping traps with a spread larger than 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" for any furbearer, except beaver and otter.
4. (4) Use a cage or box trap capable of catching more than one furbearer at a time.
5. (5) Use a semi-automatic shotgun or magazine shotgun for coyotes or crows unless the shotgun is plugged to a two-shell capacity in the magazine.
6. (6) Hunt or take wildlife through the use of an electronic contrivance or device not permitted by Commission regulation.

Authority

The provisions of this § 141.6 amended under 34 Pa.C.S. § § 322(c) and 2102(a) and (d).

Source

The provisions of this § 141.6 amended July 6, 1979, effective September 1, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 2265; amended July 10, 1981, effective July 11, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 2493; amended April 30, 1982, effective May 1, 1982, 12 Pa.B. 1396, 12 Pa.B. 1396; amended September 17, 1982, effective September 18, 1982, 12 Pa.B. 3295; amended June 17, 1983, effective June 18, 1983, 13 Pa.B. 1941; amended July 13, 1984, effective July 14, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 2414; amended June 19, 1987, effective July 1, 1987, 17 Pa.B. 2464; amended July 7, 1989, effective July 8, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 2956; amended March 8, 1991, effective March 9, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 949; amended August 7, 1998, effective August 8, 1998, 28 Pa.B. 3801; amended May 26, 2000, effective May 27, 2000, 30 Pa.B. 2601; amended March 24, 2023, effective March 25, 2023, 53 Pa.B. 1669. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (410927) to (410928).

Cross References

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 141.18 (relating to permitted devices).